Tali - Dark Days / Lost In The Game (ft. Ed Rush / Dirtyphonics)

Out now exclusively on the AudioPorn Records official website shop one week before full release, Tali releases her first single from her upcoming album, "Dark Days, High Nights" featuring 'Dark Days' (produced by Ed Rush), backed by 'Lost In The Game' (produced by Dirtyphonics).MC Tali
‘Dark Days, High Nights’ Album Sampler
A: ‘Dark Days’ (Produced by Ed Rush)
AA: ‘Lost In The Game’ (Produced by Dirtyphonics)

There is no question that MC Tali is one of the most groundbreaking artists in Drum and Bass. The first female MC to beat the boys at their own game, she has risen to become the true first lady of the mic on a wave of inspirational hard work and determination, thrilling live shows and anthem status releases.

Having originally got her break by MCing into Roni Size’s ear in packed club, Tali has gone on to conquer not only drum an bass (winning ‘Best Female MC’ at the national drum and bass awards every year since 2008) but also the charts (with ‘Lyric On My Lip’ hitting the top 40, earning her a slot on Jo Whiley’s live lounge). Without doubt one of the most recognisable voices in DnB, her talents have taken her on countless world tours playing on every continent, from sweaty backrooms to arenas and festivals.

On record, Tali has always been much in demand, being asked to work with the crème of worldwide production talent, with artists such as Redlight, EZ Rollers, Roni Size, DJ Marky, Camo & Krooked, DJ Die and The Freestylers all banging down her door for collaborations.

In 2010, Tali took a rare break from touring and got back in the studio to record her sophomore album, ‘Dark Days, High Nights’. From the very start, her idea behind the project had always been to enlist her favourite producers from around the world to collaborate on an album that would push her songwriting and their production talents to the limit. This has led to mouthwatering cast list with artists such as Benny Page, Dirtyphonics, Shimon, SKisM, Ed Rush, Atlantic Connection, Lynx and Sparfunk all providing production for the album.

Available on download and limited edition vinyl from 18th April, this sampler showcases the first two tracks to be released from the new album which will be released in the second half of 2011.

A: ‘Dark Days’Tali vs Ed Rush - Dark Days by AudioPornRecords
As a member of one of the UK’s most respected and legendary DnB
partnerships, Ed Rush has for over a decade been responsible for some of
the most heartstopping bass frequencies the UK has ever produced. With
his ‘Wormhole’ album (produced alongside longtime partner Optical)
regularly cited as the best DnB album of all time, Ed Rush was always
going to be one of the first names discussed when Tali put together her
wish list for album collaborations. Taking his dark, clinically
aggressive tech style down to 140bpm, Ed Rush lays the foundation down
for Tali’s tale of life on the road intertwined with the feelings
brought on by a Kiwi country girl living a twilight life in London.
Melancholic, beautiful and claustrophobic in equal measure, ’Dark Days’
showcases some of the diverse moods on the new album, while also showing
Tali’s MC skills alongside her undoubtable talent for chorus and hook.
AA: ‘Lost In The Game’Tali vs Dirtyphonics - Lost In The Game by AudioPornRecordsHot on the heels of their huge remix of Nero’s 2011 smash ‘Me &
You’, Dirtyphonics once again prove why they are one of the most
exciting new talents in dance music in 2011. Having been repped by Tali
for some time, the French foursome’s production on ‘Lost In The Game’ is
a club-bouncing bomb of epic proportions. Underpinning Tali’s
breathless whisper, the verse opens as a Miami bass banger, with hand
claps and warping filtered low end joined by cascading electro’d milk
bottle rhythms before the track switches into a huge anthemic chorus and
disorientating thuggish all-consuming waves of drugged out bass. ‘Lost
In The Game’ is once again a combination of moods and styles that shows
the collaborative genre pushing powers of two artists truly at the top
of their game.